The reason why it is difficult to survive 5 years for bladder cancer is generally closely related to the stage of tumor, the degree of tumor invasion, the time of treatment, and the patient’s own condition, etc. However, this statement is too absolute, and patients with early stage bladder cancer can survive more than 5 years.
1. Stage of tumor: If it is early bladder cancer, stage I-II, the survival period of 5 years may reach 70%-80%. If it is stage III bladder cancer, the survival period will only reach about 50% in 5 years. However, if it is stage IV bladder cancer, the survival period will not reach 30% in 5 years.
2. Degree of tumor invasion: 80% of patients with carcinoma in situ of bladder, that is, the shallowest depth of invasion, live up to 5 years, while when the tumor invades outside the bladder, the survival period is less than 1 year.
3. Treatment time: the higher the degree of malignancy, the shorter the survival time. If the patient is in the early stage, the lesion is better controlled, the surgical resection is clean and the postoperative treatment is regular, the patient’s survival may be longer.
Early-stage patients may live for more than 5 to 10 years, while intermediate-stage patients are still hopeful for more than 5 years if they are treated well. However, in addition to chemotherapy immunotherapy and targeted therapy for advanced patients, if combined with comprehensive treatment, the probability of survival for more than 5 years is relatively small.
4. The patient’s own situation: whether the patient undergoes surgery, with or without hypertension, diabetes and other underlying diseases, optimistic or not psychological factors, family economic conditions and other factors will also affect the patient’s prognosis to varying degrees. If the patient coexists with underlying diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, etc., it will often further increase the difficulty of treatment and reduce the survival time after surgery.
Survival period of bladder cancer is related to many factors, which should be judged by professional doctors in combination with patients’ individual conditions.